in front of the library. they came together to discuss what they plan to do to help police monitor problems on the weekends. >> reporter: everybody says there is no such thing as bad press. >> we found out that is not true. >> reporter: today owners from bars met to discuss how they want to manage the late night fights, most that erupt near closing time. this group, bar owners outlined ways to address the planner. they plan to hold a meeting once a month. another reason for them to ban together, the city wants to roll back closing times to 11:30 p.m. those who gathered today don't want to lose business and they fear a change will effect everyone. >> this is our livelihood. if we have trouble or the

police out front or fights, we do not want anything. the best thing is no police involvement. so we really want to step up to the plate and be a part of the problem solving situation. >> reporter: this surveillance video of a fight, we were going to show you surveillance video of a fight, it is one reason they met. they don't want anymore bad press. they told me they will try to meet with city counsel leaders tomorrow. they invited a handful at 10:00 a.m. at one of the local bars. they have been in contact with leaders and they feel if they tell the leaders what they want, leaders will hear them and hopefully not change anything. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. the search for a suspect ended today with a man accused of killing a woman, stepping into on coming traffic.

ktvu's patty lee is live with how the story played out today. >> reporter: it started right here. this is where the gunman shot a woman who neighbors found. >> reporter: carole marie brooks was shot to death by a man police say she knew, john quincy ellis. >> i heard a loud bang. i heard a lady scream. a gun shot victim. towels over her wound. we got her to sit down and we called the police and flagged down an ambulance. >> reporter: neighbors heard a gun shot sunday afternoon. then saw the suspect running away. >> i saw a gentleman run out of the place, hop into his car, my guess he went for the highway. >> reporter: police say witnesses descriptions of the car hecheed them track him to his home town.

that is where police caught up with his this morning. >> he pulled over but wouldn't cooperate. >> reporter: instead the suspect begged police to shoot him. >> when the officers didn't shoot him, he ran into the path of a truck. he was truck and died at the scene. >> reporter: detectives are looking for clues as to why he might kill his acquaint finance. >> reporter: police say most of the detectives are working on getting search warrants for his house and car. reporting live, patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. there is new information about a man who was shot and killed. they identified the man was ramon of san jose. police say he was shot at 10:15 p.m. last night in the parking lot of the apartment complex. he was taken to the medical

center where he died. no arrests have been made. a busy oakland police department. a man was found killed this morning. the map you are looking at shows the wave of violence that hit the city. investigators were still at this shooting this afternoon, most of the shootings happened in east oakland although it moved to west and north oakland yesterday with 7 shootings reported since yesterday. agents teamed up with oakland police today during a raid. it happened at a house at 6:00 a.m. this morning. police were on the scene. authorities say they detained one person but haven't released details as to why the home was targeted. two restaurants destroyed

last year could reopen. they have applied for permits through the city to reopen in temporary tent structures. the two establishments were destroyed along with an apartment building. the city tells ktvu permits are currently in the review process. 13 firefighters-paramedics started this week. they all took part in a badge ceremony. the fire district provides coverage for danville and san ramon. "occupy oakland" demonstrators returned to frank ogawa plaza today. ktvu's rob roth is live in oakland with the community uprising. >> reporter: someone wrote on the sidewalk, long linoccupy. but there is a new group that calls itself stand for oakland.

they are tired of the violence. >> reporter: two dozen people stood in protest on the steps of city hall today. they said oakland is being trashed by the demonstrators. >> they are just destroying children's art and city hall. makes no sense. >> reporter: as soon as the protest began, members "occupy oakland" started shouting at the counterprotesters. >> when you are opposing, you are going to get opposition. the counter-protesters expected confrontation. they hope to hold demonstrations weekly. they said the "occupy oakland"

cost the city money. >> i have had the windows of my store, my bank, all broken in. >> reporter: while the conter- protest was going on, "occupy oakland" was protesting heavy handed tactics pie police. police say they were using a loud speaker system without a permit and ordered them to stop using it. police then confiscated it. >> an attempt to take away our infracture. >> business day, there are lot of people trying to do business. found it disruptive. >> reporter: it appears it keeps turning. "occupy oakland" will have more demonstrations and police will have little tolerance for protesters who break the law. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news.

100 occupy protesters were wendt to oakland city hall today. when they got inside they learned arraignment had been postponed. today, 11 people were arraigned on misdemeanor charges. and www.ktvu.com has more information and video from today's protest. click on the occupy tab. affweeks of refusing, kamala harris may join over the foreclosures. they would be forced to pay $2,000 to hundreds of thousands of people who lost their homes to foreclosure. kamala harris said she is close to joining the suit but hasn't made a final decision. the court of appeals will release its decision tomorrow on proposition 8. they heard

arguments about same-sex marijuana a year ago but delayed a decision while the california supreme court decided on a separate issue. the issue is likely to end up at the u.s. supreme court. health officials say california can not require medi- cal payments to make co-pays. requiring patients to $3 for preferred drugs and final dollars for doctor visits. there is no legal basis for the government's request. coming up, teachers and parents plan to give governor jerry brown a run for his money, the challenge both groups are waging. a study suggests a cigarette tax could boost the state's economy. the initiative would add $1 tax to each pack of cigarettes

sold. that is 12,000 new jobs. researchers say californians would smoke less and spend their money in other ways. earthquake safety experts in san francisco are trying to teach residence what to do now in order to stay safe after an earthquake. an exhibit shows a recreation of a san francisco apartment retro fitted so residents could live comfortably after an earthquake. >> lot of renters don't know how they are building. >> the exhibit was put together by dozens of experts. a community inmer teen ezis helping a family who lost their home in a fire that started in a stove. the house was a popular holiday

attraction because they decorated for christmas. they are donating some of their profits and raised $800 for the family. in san francisco, the parking and the traffic are terrible. we discovered a green solution. right now live storm tracker two has rain showing up. i will see you back here in 10 minutes. comes great respo nsibility.

well, when you own a durango, you'll have tons of power, enough to tow up to 7,400 pounds. so owning a durango means you now have the responsibility to go dirt biking, a.t.v.-ing, motorcycling, boating, jet skiing and show a ford explorer a thing or two about what it means to have best-in-class towing. the s.u.v. is back. classes resume today at st. ignatius college preparatory following a norovirus outbreak. it forced the school to close for three days last week. they went through a deep

cleaning while students and staff were kept at home. a psychologist was sentenced to eight years in prison for having a collection of pornography on his computer. a computer repairman found the images while working on his computer. a judge also ordered him to pay $50,000 to the national center for missing and exploited children. a reward in san jose in a hate crime case from san jose. three men attacked atul lall last november in a parking lot with one of the men hitting him in the head with a bottle. one of the men called him a terrorist. leaders announced a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest in the case. >> ended up breaking six of my

teeth. my jaw was fractured. my face. >> police released the sketch of one of the attackers and they have surveillance video. a police officer has been bard from traveling to los angeles to appear on the dr. phil show. norman wielsch was initially granted permission to travel but today the decision was over turned. he is accused of stealing and selling drugs. facebook and google removed content from their indian websites after a court threatened censureship. they require websites to remove material within 36 hours. a community in san francisco is going electric on

two wheels. ktvu's john fowler is live with the new way to get around town. john? >> reporter: a bicycle is a great way to get around san francisco. i am on one of the steepest hills in the city. and i can pedal up it with no problem at all. very easy because the bicycle has an electric motor that does most of the work. san francisco is poised to be the first city in the country to offer electric bike shared. >> reporter: driving and parking in san francisco seems to be getting worse. >> i always walk whenever i can't. always traffic congestion. >> reporter: bicycles can park anywhere but there are those hills. these folks pedal up 1 of the steeper grades. never broke a sweat. >> you are not huffing and puffing. you feel like you made it. >> reporter: they cost a couple

thousand dollars. why not just borrow one? >> reporter: the folks who run the city car share program are getting a federal grant to operate 90 electric bikes. it is designed to show case even greener vehicles. >> i am a big advocate of electric vehicles. i might use that. >> takes all the hesitancy of riding a bike. >> reporter: he sells electric bikes. 20 miles per hour. need no license and recharge in two hours. some folks still hesitant. >> i don't trust the drivers in the city. >> reporter: the program is expected to begin sometime this summer. university of california at berkeley researchers are studying how it works to use nationwide. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. the november ballot could

provide choices in tax plans. including a millionaire's tax plan. it would create a 3% tax for those who make more than a million dollars a year. the camp pain started today to gather signatures to put it on the ballot. >> our taxes only tax millions, not the average income earner. not the mother on welfare. >> the association is backing another tax plan. it is meant to bring in $10 billion a year for public schools. the governor's pension reform plan is making its way to the legislator. it needs 2/3 of the legislator to approve it. some of the changes include limiting the hours and wages for those who are retired but

decide to return to work. right now i am pinpointing showers that are moving in off shore. showers headed our way by tomorrow morning, heavy rain and a messy morning commute. very light rainfall. the real weather is still a few hundred miles away. the winds, though, gusting to 24 miles per hour at point rayes. they increase tonight. wid advisory because of the winds. highs tonight, 60 in santa rosa. tomorrow, lots of clouds and rain and that mean as cooler day ahead. clouds thickening up. here are the outer bands. tracking them all phono. not lot of dynamics. expect few light showers tonight. could be an impact on the late

evening community. in community -- evening commute that gets here 4:00 this morning. that is when the winds kick up and the rains kick up. 4:30 a.m. we will be tracking it. tomorrow morning's commute will be a mess. rain to an inch and a half and wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. impacts you if you have a pe class. morning is going to be wet. into the afternoon, things clear out. here is the computer model. light scattered showers. roll it forward. 3:00 a.m. there is the front. that is the heavy rain. 3:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m. in the morning. you will hear the wind and the rain, especially in the north bay. and then you will see it mune

through. 5 -- see it in the morning. 5:00 a.m. the winds are blowing. 40 miles per hour. scattered showers at 8:00 a.m. skill scattered showers at 9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m., things break out. morning commute will be a mess. wet, and it will be windy. happening during the show, 4:30 a.m. they will nail this down. there is the five-day forecast with the weekend in view. models will be coming off tonight. when i come back at 10:00 we will have a better idea of the timing of this thing. >> thank you. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36 people on free ways, getting the word out about taxing million airs and is the tone changing in the

race to catch mitt romney? join us for a preview of what may be a big week ahead on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. the nonner new year getting a vibrant welcome. the special work of art that was the center of attention today. 8

chinese musicians and dancers put on a colorful display this afternoon. san francisco mayor ed lee and willie brown joined the celebration. mark is here now with sports. on friday night you predicted the -- [ talking at the same time ] >> the new york giants. >> i had the giants skegging 21. the patriots scoring 31 -- scoring 21. the patriots scoring 31. anyway, today, you know, the mvp of the super bowl is headed to disneyland. the rest of the team getting ready for a parade today.

a parade for eli manning, the mvp. second super bowl victory. trying his best to just enjoy the moment. >> enjoy the victory with my team, coaches, looking forward to getting back to new york, spending time with them and we will enjoy being world champions for six months. >> someday we will have a bay area team back in the super bowl, if you saw the raiders in the final stages of the season, you know something had to be done about the defense. today they made a move. jason tarver is the new defensive coordinator. he spent 10 years in the 49ers organization. learning the business. last year he was at stanford as a co-defensive coordinator. she a northern california product. there is your to aguy, jason tarver to try to turn around

the raiders situation on defense. he will be hard at work this year. that is the sport life right now. back to you. >> that was a great game. >> good game. if the patriots receivers could catch the ball i might have been right. >> very exciting. thank you. right now on www.ktvu.com, watch the most talked about super bowl ads and tell us which ones caught your attention and which fell short. stay with us 24 hours a day online. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2.

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